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Highest
Possible Level of Development. This is a concept (and
abbreviation) from a Stanslaw Lem story. The idea is that there is an end-state of technological evolution,
when it is possible to carry out everything consistent with physical law, and
that this end-state
is essentially unique. Because of the uniqueness of this state, it is possible to theorize usefully about it,
while the paths between here and there are shrouded by mind-boggling complexity (AKA the 'Singularity'). [definition by Carl Feynman. The
original story is "Altruizine, or A True Account of How Bonhomius the
Hermetic Hermit Tried to Bring About Universal Happiness, and What Came of
It", in The Cyberiad]
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